Online Retailer Suggests Hachette Should Boost Proportion of Digital Book Sales It Pays to Its Authors

Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday described its dispute with the Hachette Book Group as a battle for lower consumer prices on digital titles and a bigger payday for writers.

In a posting on its website, Amazon said that it would be willing to accept 30% of digital book revenue, the same percentage it currently receives from Hachette, if the publisher agreed to lower digital prices on many of its titles to $9.99 from between $12.99 and...